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Page 26
... clear that I wanted to go with Carlos , and could pay for my passage , I was handed down into the steerage , where a tallow candle burnt in a thick , blue atmosphere . I was stripped and filled with some fiery liquid , and fell asleep ...
... clear that I wanted to go with Carlos , and could pay for my passage , I was handed down into the steerage , where a tallow candle burnt in a thick , blue atmosphere . I was stripped and filled with some fiery liquid , and fell asleep ...
Page 30
... clear . It was plain that something illegal was going on there , or how could " that Irish devil , " whoever he was , have power to hang Tomas and be revenged on Carlos ? It did not affect my love for Carlos , though , in the weariness ...
... clear . It was plain that something illegal was going on there , or how could " that Irish devil , " whoever he was , have power to hang Tomas and be revenged on Carlos ? It did not affect my love for Carlos , though , in the weariness ...
Page 34
... clear . I was homesick . I gave no further thought to the second mate . I looked at the harbor we were entering , and thought of the home I had left so eagerly . After all , I was no more than a boy , and even younger in mind than in ...
... clear . I was homesick . I gave no further thought to the second mate . I looked at the harbor we were entering , and thought of the home I had left so eagerly . After all , I was no more than a boy , and even younger in mind than in ...
Page 37
... clear . I felt a great desire to find Macdonald , and a simple life that I could understand . " I am not going with you , " I said , very loudly this time . He stopped at once . Through the scuttle of the half - deck we heard a hubbub ...
... clear . I felt a great desire to find Macdonald , and a simple life that I could understand . " I am not going with you , " I said , very loudly this time . He stopped at once . Through the scuttle of the half - deck we heard a hubbub ...
Page 38
... clear of the shaft of light that fell through the scuttle in a square patch . I lowered my voice , too . 66 " What life ? " I asked . Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly and persuasively that the suggestiveness of it ...
... clear of the shaft of light that fell through the scuttle in a square patch . I lowered my voice , too . 66 " What life ? " I asked . Life in my uncle's palace , " he said , so sweetly and persuasively that the suggestiveness of it ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...